The Ghost Bird Series: The Academy: Introductions By: C.L. Stone

I am reviewing ‘The Academy: Introductions’ by C.L Stone.

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Sang a girl who moves to a new district with her agoraphobic mother and her father that is hardly there. She severely hates the way her mother tries to constantly keep her in isolation. In this new district, Sang meets a group of boys who seem to be hiding more than they’re saying.

These boys bring new adventures with their secrets that they so desperately try to keep it from Sang. She soon learns more about them bit by bit. Will Sang stay loyal to this band of misfits or will this new information have her running in the other direction?

This book is in a series. The next one is called First Days.

What I liked about this book was that it was really descriptive and I could easily imagine what was happening.

I didn’t like how it introduced the characters so quickly because there are nine characters  and it was harder to remember what they looked like and which one was which when they’re like thrown into your face.

I give this book 4.5 stars out of 5.

"Boost"-- A Great Book for Basketball Lovers!

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I'm a hard sell on books about sports. Sports aren't generally in my interests, but a good author can boost my interests (see what I did there?!). This is certainly true about Boost by Kathy Makel.
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Savannah "Savvy" Christopher and her family have had some seriously rotten luck over that last few year. After an accident ruins her father's professional golf career, Savvy and her family must move in with her great aunt halfway across the country from home. She has to make all new friends, cope with sharing a tiny room with her older sister Callie, and learn to work on her aunt's sheep farm. Things appear to get easier when Savvy makes in onto the 16 and under basketball team (she's only 14!), but her innate talent for the game and heigh make her not exactly welcome on her team.

To top off all of these problems, Savvy's sister starts acting strangely. One minute she's eating way too much, but then she's taking vitamin supplement to help her trim down for cheerleading. Will Savvy and her family ever get back to normal?

I'd give boost a 4 out of 5 stars. I really liked the story line, but sometimes I wished that the author could have been a little more descriptive. I really enjoyed the dialogue that Makel writes! Overall, it was a good read, and I'd recommend it to anyone-- especially those wanting to try a genre outside of what they might normally read.

In Real Life: A Great Graphic Novel!

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I'm a huge fan of graphic novels, and In Real Life is a new addition to the Bode library that I just loved! The book is a fun and quick read, has beautiful art, and discusses the real consequences of our online interactions in the virtual world.

Anda, usually a little shy and self-conscious, falls in love with the online world of Coarsegold Online, an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game). She loves the feeling of power and heroics that the game gives her-- it's an escape from her seemingly boring world. However, the "fake" world of Coarsegold become increasingly "real" when Anda is forced to face the reality of her online interactions. When she meets Raymond, an impoverished boy from China who plays Coarsegold Online 12 hours a day as his job, she begins to question the morality of her playing. It's up to Anda to sort out her feelings about what is right and what is wrong.

Overall, In Real Life is a great read. Anda is a super-relatable character, and her experiences in the book will open your eyes to some of the unfortunate sides of the video games that have become so popular in today's society. I'd give In Real Life a 5 out of 5 stars, and I'd recommend it to any audience who doesn't mind a few swear words in their book.  The cover recommends the book to "gamer girls," but I'd say that anyone who enjoys video games could enjoy this book.

The Fifth Wave

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In the book the fifth wave the main character is Cassie Sullivan. When the Aliens come everything gets turned upside down as “the others” try to destroy all of humanity. Cassie is a high school girl who becomes all alone after the kidnapping of her brother occurs. Her brother is a little boy named Sammy. Sammy gets taken by “The Others”. This book is mainly about rescuing Sammy and not getting killed in the process. Along the way Cassie will find love, pain, betrayal, and friendship. But in order to save Sammy she must survive the five different waves.

Wave 1- lights out- All technology is shut down permanently.

Wave 2- surf's up- Extremely large waves destroy all cities near the ocean.

Wave 3- Pestilence- A plague designed to kill you from the inside out.

Wave 4- Silencer-“The Others” come to exterminate the remaining humans on Earth.

Wave 5- Us-They trick us into thinking they are human and make us kill ourselves.

Adventures Wanted Slathbog's Gold book One

This book is filled with adventures which will get you off your seat. This book will keep you  excited for more. I feel this book is one of the best books that you could read over and over.

Its when Alex noticed a sign on the in the corner of Mr. Clutter's window. With no one around Alex is the only one who noticed the sign; goes in the Mr. Clutter’s book shop. Just Alex accepts to go on the adventure.

As Alex become the last member of a team of seven other people. This was the first adventure he had ever been on. Nothing but that his first mission is a big one with a ferrous dragon Slathbog the red evil dragon. On the way to the dragon Alex and his new friends have to battle many things.

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One thing I really like about this book is the way it keep you interested in it;  to the point where you would not want to stop reading and read for hours. One thing to look out for the book is that you could possible not to be able to understands some allusions in the book which will rephrase thing you could not know about. The question still is did he make the right choose or will he regret it for the rest of his life?

⅘ is what I give this book.

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Croak By: Gina Damico

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Lex has hospitalized half her classmates and is angry for no good reason. This leaves her parents with a difficult choice. They must send Lex away for the summer. Her parents hoped that this might change her back into the A+ good girl she used to be. Oh they were wrong.

When Lex arrives in the small town of Croak, she expects a few farms and a bunch of cow manure she must unwillingly shovel. What she doesn't expect is a town full of Grim Reapers and that she is one of them.

I guess the main thing I liked about this book is that for a book about death, it was hilarious! I understand that this is categorized as tearjerker (and for good reason) but this book had me laughing my head off.

I guess the main thing I didn't like was the fact that some of the capitalization seemed off. I know this is a bit picky of me but it made the book a bit confusing.

Overall I would give the book 5 out of 5 stars.

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

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 I Am Number Four is the first book in the Lorien Legacies series, the main character John Smith and his "dad" Henri move to a small town in Ohio called Paradise, where friends, fun, and near certain death await although they don't know it! One of the main things I dislike about this book is the corny dialogue and the actual character of John Smith himself. Although I did think the plot was really well written, and overall pretty good!

 I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars mainly because of the cheesy dialogue.